Chord Energy price target raised to $178 from $177 at Stifel

Stifel analyst Derrick Whitfield raised the firm’s price target on Chord Energy to $178 from $177 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. Chord Energy offers investors a company with scale, a management team heavily aligned with shareholder returns, and a differentiated shareholder returns program with the capacity to increase it further, the analyst tells investors in a research note.